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Boy Scouts on Bicycles

Date: 1942
Description: WW II scrap metal drive. Scoutmaster Edward G. Shaw and his troop of boy scouts on bicycles and on a trailer loaded with scrap metal. The trailer is hitche...
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Miners using a Pioneer Windlass

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Description: Early Wisconsin lead miners using a Pioneer Windlass.
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Edgerton Pottery on West Lawton Street

Date: 1890
Description: Pauline pottery building. Standing in front are the potters who work there.
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Wisconsin State Journal Paper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1948
Description: Group portrait of 110 Wisconsin State Journal paper carriers taken prior to leaving for Blue Mounds State Park for the annual all-day outing.
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Swimmers Standing in Lake

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Description: A large group of men, women, and children, wearing swimming attire, standing in a lake. Industrial buildings are in the distance along the shoreline.
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Men on Heap of Clamshells

Date: 1913
Description: A large group of men of various ages sitting outdoors on a large mound of empty clam shells. The shells have holes drilled in them, probably for the pearl ...
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Madison Playground Scenes

Date: 06 28 1950
Description: Frances Niles hands out a ball to three boys at the Milton-Charter park playgound. The boys are, left to right: Ross Parisi, Don Brashi, and Marvin Bloom.
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Four Girls Stand near Back Door

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Description: Four girls stand on a porch near the back door of a stone building. All four girls wear their hair in pigtails. Another girl is standing on the left.
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Young Man with Mogul Jr. 1 HP Engine

Date: 1916
Description: Young man outdoors holding a Mogul Jr. 1 HP engine mounted on a skid with two wheels. An industrial building or a factory is in the background. The shadow ...
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Sheet Metal Factory Worker

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Description: A boy (teenager?) works in a sheet metal factory.
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Employees of the Western Printing Company

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Description: A man teaches a boy practical printing with large type in a proof press at Western Printing Company.
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Men Baling Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men baling cotton in a warehouse.
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Scenic View — Railroad

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Description: A view down railroad tracks near the Bridgeport depot. A woman with her hands behind her back poses on one track. Three boys wearing overalls pose on the m...
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High Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: View across water of a deck truss bridge over the dam at Mirror Lake. Timme Mill is on the left side of the lake. There are boats in the foreground, and th...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Joan Mani and Annetta Evert arrange a spot for cooking over a fire in the sand during the annual seventh and eighth grade play day of the Black Hawk Counci...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisement

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Description: Woman posing outdoors standing next to an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store, which is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street. The large poster...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisment

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Description: Small girl posed outdoors on a fur rug in front of an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store. The poster is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street,...
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Explorer Scouts Prepare for Disasters

Date: 05 07 1956
Description: As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, three Explorer Scouts practice first aid techniques on a "disaster victim" lying on a stretc...
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Halcyon Brick Yard

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Description: Halcyon Brick Yard, men and a young boy are posed standing in front of and inside a wooden building with machinery.
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Madison's Boys Baseball Program

Date: 06 15 1953
Description: Dave Heisig (left) and Webb Spraetz, (right) pitcher and catcher of defending championship Schoep's Ice Cream team in Madison's Boys Baseball program.

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